This #InternationalWomensDay, I hope you’ll read my piece with Amal Clooney and @MelindaGates in @TIME about how we’re working together to help end child marriage—one of the greatest barriers to girls’ education and empowerment worldwide. https://t.co/kYTx4ywFOD
Florida bills would ban gender studies, limit trans pronouns, erode tenure
A raft of laws proposed by the legislature’s GOP majority would transform how Florida educates children
Rep. Anna V Eskamani
“We might be in the minority here in the Florida House, but we’ll always do what we can to fight for the needs of everyday people — especially as it comes to housing access and affordability.”
.@repfelrobinson has filed amendments centered on protecting renters who have been impacted by national disasters by protecting them from eviction. The amendment includes other consumer protections as well: https://t.co/OtOPXFMYnlpic.twitter.com/0IXKz8SVif
— Rep. Anna V. Eskamani 🔨 (@AnnaForFlorida) March 8, 2023
.@repfelrobinson has filed an amendment to protect survivors of domestic violence, not only allowing a survivor to be protected from eviction and have their locks changed ASAP, but it also allows a survivor to break a lease w/out penalty if that is what they must do for safety. pic.twitter.com/QayfKZbAV0
— Rep. Anna V. Eskamani 🔨 (@AnnaForFlorida) March 8, 2023
He is waaaaay past scary! I just started reading an article on Spoutible about him being a guard at Gitmo. Just started it before coming back here, but skimmed over enough to read some bad stuff.
Timothy Snyder
“If you care about freedom of speech, you care about institutions that make it possible. Giving personal control of university teaching to politicians and their cronies, as is now proposed in Florida, would be a huge blow to freedom of speech.”
One of my favorite quotes from President Obama, ” If you think education is expensive, wait till you see how much ignorance costs”. I feel we are in the midst of growing ignorance with so many not aware or don’t care. There is going to be a huge price they will pay, and I don’t mean just money.
Mitch McConnell is in the hospital. He won't have to worry about medical bills or skipping necessary treatments because he has government-funded healthcare!
Wouldn't it be wonderful if Mitch would create bills to allow affordable health care for all Americans, like he enjoys ??
Amal Clooney, Melinda French Gates, and Michelle Obama Share 3 Ways to Help End Child MarriageEach year, an estimated 12 million girls around the world, including in the
United States and Europe, find themselves in Miriam’s situation because they’re caught in a web of economic, educational, and cultural systems that deprive them of choices and opportunities.
By Amal Clooney, Melinda French Gates and Michelle Obama
Black publishers request Speaker McCarthy grant equal access to 41K hours of Jan. 6 Commission footage after Fox News receives documents
This is a matter of equal access to governmental information for the Black Press of America and specifically referencing the fact that Speaker McCarthy set the precedent by providing the 41,000 hours of footage to Fox News. The NNPA awaits a timely response to this request for equal access.
“The U.S. Constitution does not distinguish the freedoms of the press to just white press, mainstream press, or right-wing press. These freedoms are afforded to ALL media. The Black Press is a trusted voice in African American communities and should receive the same equity and access as all other press entities in the U.S.” says Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), known as the Black Press.
The NNPA has made two requests, both of which have gone unanswered by Speaker McCarthy.
“The NNPA calls upon Speaker McCarthy to uphold the principles of equal access to government information and provide the 41,000 hours of security tape footage to the NNPA immediately.”
My dear friend & law school classmate @louisvillelaw Prof Cedric Powell (visiting @howardlawschool this semester) introduced me tonight & explained that I am the first Black woman to receive the Brandeis Medal, which I did not fully realize until this moment. pic.twitter.com/AEpPtD33Ih
Celebrating Women’s History Month: These 20 Women’s Words Will Undoubtedly Inspire You
Words to live by from Amy Poehler, Michelle Obama, Oprah and more
The Gish Gallop: “is a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm their opponent by providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments.” (wiki)
—pls don’t inflict these guys on your sane viewers unless prepared to halt, reverse, decline, say No, repeat, question, and (just once for me) pull the mic.
GOP bill in Florida would require state registration for bloggers
Vladimir Putin signed a “bloggers law” in 2014, requiring online writers to register with the government. A similar GOP measure is now pending in Florida.
At the governor’s urging, Florida’s Republican-dominated Legislature is pushing to weaken state laws that have long protected journalists against defamation suits and frivolous lawsuits.
DeSantis Allies Plot the Hostile Takeover of a Liberal College
by Michelle Goldberg
New College of Florida has a reputation for being the most progressive public college in the state….(more).
Naturally, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida wants to demolish it, at least as it currently exists. On Friday, he announced six new appointments to New College’s 13-member board of trustees, including Chris Rufo, who orchestrated the right’s attack on critical race theory, and Matthew Spalding, a professor and dean at Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian school in Michigan with close ties to Donald Trump. (A seventh member will soon be appointed by Florida’s Board of Governors, which is full of DeSantis allies.)
The new majority’s plan, Rufo told me just after his appointment was announced, is to transform New College into a public version of Hillsdale. “We want to provide an alternative for conservative families in the state of Florida to say there is a public university that reflects your values,” he said.
imho…thinking about tenure…
DeSantis and those standing behind him may (will) try to get rid of tenure altogether.
CAN we pls be pro-active about something, anything? You can see and feel what’s coming like neon lights in 3D since trump invaded in 2017.
In 2017, the government of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban passed a law intended to drive Central European University, a prestigious school founded by a Hungarian refugee, George Soros, out of the country. At the time, this was shocking; as many as 80,000 protesters rallied in Budapest and intellectuals worldwide rushed to declare their solidarity with the demonstrators.
“The fate of the university was a test of whether liberalism had the tactical savvy and emotional fortitude to beat back its new ideological foe,”
wrote Franklin Foer in The Atlantic.
If my ancestors were strong enough to survive this, then your descendants should be strong enough to learn about it in school. Agree? pic.twitter.com/pRJO8dlmwH
Al Franken 20 years ago:
“The more you watch Fox the stupider you get.”
“At the time people wouldn’t call each other liars, and I had to prove that.”
“Satire is protected speech even if the subject of the satire doesn’t get it.”
How propaganda mixes with videotaped deadly attack on democracy and how they’re using the J6 tapes…
Franken to Melber: “It’s just complete bull all the time.”
“They know they’re just on Fox. So McConnell is going to be also shown on your channel. But Joe Wilson doesn’t care about people watching him lie on your channel. What they care about is just keeping the story going on Fox.”
“That’s for their audience. There’s this huge division in this country.”
“It’s very Orwellian now. And once you say there are “alternative facts”.
“There can’t be alternative facts. But now you are entitled to your own facts.”
Norfolk Southern will be held completely liable. And no expense should be spared in their clean up efforts for the affected regions. pic.twitter.com/kPOViHj7QO
I’m helping to lead the first congressional hearing on the East Palestine train derailment, the immediate response, and the environmental and public health and safety impacts.
The Curious Rise of a Supreme Court Doctrine…
A timely new study traces the rapid and curious rise of the major questions doctrine, spurred by conservative scholars and commentators and driven by hostility to administrative agencies.
“The phrase was used just once by any federal judge before 2017, and in only five federal decisions — at any level of court — before 2020,” Allison Orr Larsen, a law professor at William & Mary, wrote in the new study, “Becoming a Doctrine.”
But she added that there had been a lot of other activity aimed at elevating a theory into something concrete and unassailable: a doctrine.
“The word ‘doctrine’ to describe the major questions concept was first used by law professors and then bandied about on blogs, quickly picked up by advocacy groups on Twitter and used as a rallying cry in opinion pieces and programming by those seeking to challenge the administrative state,” she wrote.
(Liptak)
About Florida New College under attack by DeSantis et al.
……………………………………………………………………………
“A nonprofit group focused on government accountability is alleging in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that New College of Florida and new trustee Christoper Rufo have withheld public records in violation of state law.”
“We are concerned about the turmoil at New College following the appointment of several trustees, including statements about political motives to reshape the university,” said Michael Barfield, director of public access for FLCGA. “The Center made a public records request to find out what is going on behind the scenes. We have not received any records in response to our request.”
imho, DeSantis aka Orbán taking out liberal institutions. How do we save this wonderful progressive Florida New College? If he gets away with it this will be another XXXtreme nationwide education decimation project.
–protectthefutureofeducation-
“Every girl deserves the opportunity to learn safely.”
My heart goes out to these girls in Iran. They should be learning in their classrooms today—instead, many are sick in the hospital. No girl should ever be afraid to go school, and we've got to do what we can to stand up for them and for girls everywhere. https://t.co/tAjIECD8a7
I stopped by a meeting with President @niinisto of Finland and my National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
I made clear my support for a speedy accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, and President Niinisto and I discussed our continued commitment to supporting Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/yrSekvovrg
The Washington Times @WashTimes
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a concussion after tripping at private dinner. https://trib.al/fzgvSGW
MJS
@msj5005
Mitch McConnell fell at a hotel at age 81…why isn’t everyone calling him too old for his job like they do Biden all the time??? #RepublicanClownShow #hypocrisy
8:02 AM · Mar 10, 2023
President Biden’s budget expands access to free, high-equality preschool – making it available to all of the approximately four million four-year-old children in the United States. pic.twitter.com/cWX7xLpLCu
FACT SHEET: The President’s Budget Cuts the Deficit by Nearly $3 Trillion Over 10 Years
FACT SHEET: The President’s Budget Cuts Wasteful Spending on Big Pharma, Big Oil, and Other Special Interests, Cracks Down on Systemic Fraud, and Makes Programs More Cost Effective
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Keeps America Safe and Confronts Global Challenges
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Lowers Housing Costs and Expands Access to Affordable Rent and Home Ownership
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Honors Our Nation’s Sacred Commitment to Veterans and Military Families
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Makes Our Communities Safer and Combats Crime
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Improves Customer Experience and Service Delivery for the American People
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Lowers Energy Costs, Combats the Climate Crisis, and Advances Environmental Justice
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Strengthens Border Security, Enhances Legal Pathways, and Provides Resources to Enforce Our Immigration Laws
Happening Now: President Biden delivers remarks on the February jobs report and our transition to steady, stable economic growth. https://t.co/JFmAFSdlbL
Prosecutors Signal Criminal Charges for Trump Are Likely
The former president was told that he could appear before a Manhattan grand jury next week if he wishes to testify, a strong indication that an indictment could soon follow.
Nadya Tolokonnikova, the founder of the Russian protest art collective Pussy Riot, to discusses with Lawrence O’Donnell the response in Russia to her “Putin’s Ashes” art installation in Los Angeles and her hopes for Russia amid the second year of its war with Ukraine.
Trump Lawyer Admits to Falsehoods in 2020 Fraud Claims
Jenna Ellis acknowledged that she knowingly misrepresented the facts about election fraud in a disciplinary procedure by Colorado state bar officials.
Indigenous women play a key role in their communities & beyond by sharing traditional knowledge and speaking up for women’s empowerment, human rights & more.
Holi festival celebrations in India and around the world – in pictures
Widows covered in flower petals celebrate Holi on Monday in the pilgrimage town of Vrindavan, India. Photograph: Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images
Hindu spring festival sees millions hurl coloured powder at each other in a kaleidoscopic celebration of the end of winter and the triumph of good over evil
(https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2023/mar/08/holi-festival-celebrations-in-india-and-around-the-world-in-pictures)
Holi signifies boundless happiness. As we enjoy such sacred festivities, we should remember that, in reality, they are meant to remind us of the inner bliss and oneness that are our inherent nature and are the very essence of life. – Amma#HappyHoli#HoliHaipic.twitter.com/Av8w6MGtSH
— Mata Amritanandamayi (@Amritanandamayi) March 7, 2023
Montana bill would strengthen law requiring Indigenous education
The bill comes amid concerns that schools have not properly implemented the curriculum requirement, which is embedded in the state’s constitution
HELENA, Mont. — A bill that would implement accountability measures into a unique Montana law that requires the state’s public schools to create and teach Indigenous history, is so far making its way through the Legislature with noticeable support.
“The bill, as sponsored by state Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, Democrat, proposes stronger accountability into Indian Education for All, a curricular requirement embedded into the state’s constitution that requires schools to incorporate curriculum on Native American history in Montana. So far, the bill has passed the House with a 73-24 vote and is expected to move onto the Senate floor.”
Join me and some special guests as we have conversations on topics we care about on my new @HGMedia podcast, The Light Podcast on @Audible_com. We'll be releasing new episodes every Tuesday.
The Obama Diary 
Braviii on International Women’s Day to women wherever they are !!
Careers have no gender
If we replaced guns with pencils
Florida bills would ban gender studies, limit trans pronouns, erode tenure
A raft of laws proposed by the legislature’s GOP majority would transform how Florida educates children
By Hannah Natanson, Lori Rozsa and Susan Svrluga
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/03/05/florida-bills-would-ban-gender-studies-transgender-pronouns-tenure-perks/
Meanwhile DeSantis pushing permitless guns anywhere, anyone…imagine a president like this.
This is really disgusting!
#girlpower #womenpower #werock
yayyy trnmtgirl1…happy wimmin day !!
Hiya tnmtngirl1! 🤗
Hello friend. How are you? Your parents? Hope all is well with your family.
Biden is keeping border safe – Greene agrees
Rep. Anna V Eskamani
“We might be in the minority here in the Florida House, but we’ll always do what we can to fight for the needs of everyday people — especially as it comes to housing access and affordability.”
Anna Eskamani to Joy Reid:
‘We are the canary in the coalmine for what could happen if we don’t stop DeSantis now.”
He is waaaaay past scary! I just started reading an article on Spoutible about him being a guard at Gitmo. Just started it before coming back here, but skimmed over enough to read some bad stuff.
Timothy Snyder
“If you care about freedom of speech, you care about institutions that make it possible. Giving personal control of university teaching to politicians and their cronies, as is now proposed in Florida, would be a huge blow to freedom of speech.”
One of my favorite quotes from President Obama, ” If you think education is expensive, wait till you see how much ignorance costs”. I feel we are in the midst of growing ignorance with so many not aware or don’t care. There is going to be a huge price they will pay, and I don’t mean just money.
….and brain drain.
Amal Clooney, Melinda French Gates, and Michelle Obama Share 3 Ways to Help End Child MarriageEach year, an estimated 12 million girls around the world, including in the
United States and Europe, find themselves in Miriam’s situation because they’re caught in a web of economic, educational, and cultural systems that deprive them of choices and opportunities.
By Amal Clooney, Melinda French Gates and Michelle Obama
(https://time.com/6260844/ending-child-marriage-amal-clooney-melinda-french-gates-michelle-obama/)
Black publishers request Speaker McCarthy grant equal access to 41K hours of Jan. 6 Commission footage after Fox News receives documents
This is a matter of equal access to governmental information for the Black Press of America and specifically referencing the fact that Speaker McCarthy set the precedent by providing the 41,000 hours of footage to Fox News. The NNPA awaits a timely response to this request for equal access.
“The U.S. Constitution does not distinguish the freedoms of the press to just white press, mainstream press, or right-wing press. These freedoms are afforded to ALL media. The Black Press is a trusted voice in African American communities and should receive the same equity and access as all other press entities in the U.S.” says Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), known as the Black Press.
The NNPA has made two requests, both of which have gone unanswered by Speaker McCarthy.
(https://afro.com/black-publishers-request-speaker-mccarthy-grant-equal-access-to-41k-hours-of-jan-6-commission-footage-after-fox-news-receives-documents/)
“The NNPA calls upon Speaker McCarthy to uphold the principles of equal access to government information and provide the 41,000 hours of security tape footage to the NNPA immediately.”
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill Biden at the International Women of Courage Award Ceremony
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/03/08/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-the-international-women-of-courage-award-ceremony/)
Sherrilyn Ifill receives Brandels medal
—wonderful !!!
Celebrating Women’s History Month: These 20 Women’s Words Will Undoubtedly Inspire You
Words to live by from Amy Poehler, Michelle Obama, Oprah and more
Diana Pearl: (https://people.com/celebrity/inspiring-celebrity-quotes-womens-history-month/)
CONGRATS TO THE NCBCP ON THEIR BIG COURT VICTORY TODAY
Marc Elias
Minnesota restored voting rights
The Gish Gallop: “is a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm their opponent by providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments.” (wiki)
—pls don’t inflict these guys on your sane viewers unless prepared to halt, reverse, decline, say No, repeat, question, and (just once for me) pull the mic.
snowing you with rapid-fire nonsense.
and lies.
sneaking a kiss
GOP bill in Florida would require state registration for bloggers
Vladimir Putin signed a “bloggers law” in 2014, requiring online writers to register with the government. A similar GOP measure is now pending in Florida.
Steve Benen: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-bill-florida-require-state-registration-bloggers-rcna73233)
At the governor’s urging, Florida’s Republican-dominated Legislature is pushing to weaken state laws that have long protected journalists against defamation suits and frivolous lawsuits.
(https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/23/florida-gop-desantis-proposal-sue-media-00084023)
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“with the goal of eventually overturning New York Times v Sullivan, the landmark 1964 Supreme Court ruling.”
DeSantis Allies Plot the Hostile Takeover of a Liberal College
by Michelle Goldberg
New College of Florida has a reputation for being the most progressive public college in the state….(more).
Naturally, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida wants to demolish it, at least as it currently exists. On Friday, he announced six new appointments to New College’s 13-member board of trustees, including Chris Rufo, who orchestrated the right’s attack on critical race theory, and Matthew Spalding, a professor and dean at Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian school in Michigan with close ties to Donald Trump. (A seventh member will soon be appointed by Florida’s Board of Governors, which is full of DeSantis allies.)
The new majority’s plan, Rufo told me just after his appointment was announced, is to transform New College into a public version of Hillsdale. “We want to provide an alternative for conservative families in the state of Florida to say there is a public university that reflects your values,” he said.
(https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/opinion/chris-rufo-florida-ron-desantis.html)
imho…thinking about tenure…
DeSantis and those standing behind him may (will) try to get rid of tenure altogether.
CAN we pls be pro-active about something, anything? You can see and feel what’s coming like neon lights in 3D since trump invaded in 2017.
Florida Could Start Looking a Lot Like Hungary
In 2017, the government of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban passed a law intended to drive Central European University, a prestigious school founded by a Hungarian refugee, George Soros, out of the country. At the time, this was shocking; as many as 80,000 protesters rallied in Budapest and intellectuals worldwide rushed to declare their solidarity with the demonstrators.
“The fate of the university was a test of whether liberalism had the tactical savvy and emotional fortitude to beat back its new ideological foe,”
wrote Franklin Foer in The Atlantic.
Michelle Goldberg
(https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/opinion/desantis-higher-education-bill.html)
Florida protest sign: “You Are Next”.
Physics teacher, 2 glasses and a ball
yessssss…respect.
nasa.gov
whispers of resistance
Al Franken
“Do you know long it’s taken me to get Tucker to hate Trump passionately?”
Al Franken 20 years ago:
“The more you watch Fox the stupider you get.”
“At the time people wouldn’t call each other liars, and I had to prove that.”
“Satire is protected speech even if the subject of the satire doesn’t get it.”
How propaganda mixes with videotaped deadly attack on democracy and how they’re using the J6 tapes…
Franken to Melber: “It’s just complete bull all the time.”
“They know they’re just on Fox. So McConnell is going to be also shown on your channel. But Joe Wilson doesn’t care about people watching him lie on your channel. What they care about is just keeping the story going on Fox.”
“That’s for their audience. There’s this huge division in this country.”
“It’s very Orwellian now. And once you say there are “alternative facts”.
“There can’t be alternative facts. But now you are entitled to your own facts.”
Angelo Carusone
Shelley Moore Capito
First Congressional Hearing on the East Palestine train derailment
The Curious Rise of a Supreme Court Doctrine…
A timely new study traces the rapid and curious rise of the major questions doctrine, spurred by conservative scholars and commentators and driven by hostility to administrative agencies.
“The phrase was used just once by any federal judge before 2017, and in only five federal decisions — at any level of court — before 2020,” Allison Orr Larsen, a law professor at William & Mary, wrote in the new study, “Becoming a Doctrine.”
Adam LIptak: (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/06/us/politics/supreme-court-major-questions-doctrine.html)
But she added that there had been a lot of other activity aimed at elevating a theory into something concrete and unassailable: a doctrine.
“The word ‘doctrine’ to describe the major questions concept was first used by law professors and then bandied about on blogs, quickly picked up by advocacy groups on Twitter and used as a rallying cry in opinion pieces and programming by those seeking to challenge the administrative state,” she wrote.
(Liptak)
the bark side
About Florida New College under attack by DeSantis et al.
……………………………………………………………………………
“A nonprofit group focused on government accountability is alleging in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that New College of Florida and new trustee Christoper Rufo have withheld public records in violation of state law.”
“We are concerned about the turmoil at New College following the appointment of several trustees, including statements about political motives to reshape the university,” said Michael Barfield, director of public access for FLCGA. “The Center made a public records request to find out what is going on behind the scenes. We have not received any records in response to our request.”
Zac Anderson: (https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/23/new-college-of-floridaand-trustee-christopher-rufo-target-of-florida-public-records-lawsuit-sarasota/69935589007/)
imho, DeSantis aka Orbán taking out liberal institutions. How do we save this wonderful progressive Florida New College? If he gets away with it this will be another XXXtreme nationwide education decimation project.
–protectthefutureofeducation-
“Every girl deserves the opportunity to learn safely.”
The Washington Times @WashTimes
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a concussion after tripping at private dinner. https://trib.al/fzgvSGW
MJS
@msj5005
Mitch McConnell fell at a hotel at age 81…why isn’t everyone calling him too old for his job like they do Biden all the time??? #RepublicanClownShow #hypocrisy
8:02 AM · Mar 10, 2023
Hey Dudette great seeing you…am late wishing you happy women’s day !!
miss you,
please stay !!
♥️🌹
FACT SHEET: The President’s Budget Cuts the Deficit by Nearly $3 Trillion Over 10 Years
FACT SHEET: The President’s Budget Cuts Wasteful Spending on Big Pharma, Big Oil, and Other Special Interests, Cracks Down on Systemic Fraud, and Makes Programs More Cost Effective
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Keeps America Safe and Confronts Global Challenges
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Lowers Housing Costs and Expands Access to Affordable Rent and Home Ownership
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Honors Our Nation’s Sacred Commitment to Veterans and Military Families
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Makes Our Communities Safer and Combats Crime
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Improves Customer Experience and Service Delivery for the American People
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Lowers Energy Costs, Combats the Climate Crisis, and Advances Environmental Justice
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Strengthens Border Security, Enhances Legal Pathways, and Provides Resources to Enforce Our Immigration Laws
(whitehouse.gov)
Rep Brendan Boyle about GOP:
“Their list of 10 demands reads like a ransom note.”
Statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on MAGA House Republican Attack on Medicare, Law Enforcement and Manufacturing
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/10/statement-from-white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-on-maga-house-republican-attack-on-medicare-law-enforcement-and-manufacturing/
President Biden
Some great news this morning.
I’m happy to report that our economy added 311,000 jobs last month – that’s on top of the more than half a million the month before.
And we did it while maintaining the lowest unemployment rate in more than 50 years.
VP Harris
Congressional Republicans claim to care about cutting the deficit.
But here’s the truth: Their plans will increase the deficit by $3 trillion, while our budget lowers it by $3 trillion.
FACT SHEET: The Congressional Republican Agenda: Repealing the Affordable Care Act and Slashing Medicaid
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/28/fact-sheet-the-congressional-republican-agenda-repealing-the-affordable-care-act-and-slashing-medicaid/)
Republicans Are Working on Making 70 the New Social Security Retirement Age
Republicans claim they don’t want to cut Social Security — but they’re working behind the scenes to do just that.
Sharon Zhang: (https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-are-working-on-making-70-the-new-social-security-retirement-age/)
If a dog wore pants
Q: If a dog wore pants, would he wear them like this or like this?
Prosecutors Signal Criminal Charges for Trump Are Likely
The former president was told that he could appear before a Manhattan grand jury next week if he wishes to testify, a strong indication that an indictment could soon follow.
By William K. Rashbaum, Ben Protess and Jonah E. Bromwich:
(https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/nyregion/trump-potential-criminal-charges-bragg.html)
Pussy Riot founder facing possible charges over Putin protest
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI5XeOjO-3M)
Nadya Tolokonnikova, the founder of the Russian protest art collective Pussy Riot, to discusses with Lawrence O’Donnell the response in Russia to her “Putin’s Ashes” art installation in Los Angeles and her hopes for Russia amid the second year of its war with Ukraine.
Trump Lawyer Admits to Falsehoods in 2020 Fraud Claims
Jenna Ellis acknowledged that she knowingly misrepresented the facts about election fraud in a disciplinary procedure by Colorado state bar officials.
(https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/us/politics/jenna-ellis-trump-2020-election.html)
International Decade of indigenous Languages
Holi festival celebrations in India and around the world – in pictures
Widows covered in flower petals celebrate Holi on Monday in the pilgrimage town of Vrindavan, India. Photograph: Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images
Hindu spring festival sees millions hurl coloured powder at each other in a kaleidoscopic celebration of the end of winter and the triumph of good over evil
(https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2023/mar/08/holi-festival-celebrations-in-india-and-around-the-world-in-pictures)
Happy Holi Festival !!
—O HOLI AAYI !!!
Montana bill would strengthen law requiring Indigenous education
The bill comes amid concerns that schools have not properly implemented the curriculum requirement, which is embedded in the state’s constitution
HELENA, Mont. — A bill that would implement accountability measures into a unique Montana law that requires the state’s public schools to create and teach Indigenous history, is so far making its way through the Legislature with noticeable support.
“The bill, as sponsored by state Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, Democrat, proposes stronger accountability into Indian Education for All, a curricular requirement embedded into the state’s constitution that requires schools to incorporate curriculum on Native American history in Montana. So far, the bill has passed the House with a 73-24 vote and is expected to move onto the Senate floor.”
Jovonne Wagner: (https://ictnews.org/news/montana-bill-would-strengthen-law-requiring-indigenous-education0
Mrs. Obama has a new podcast!
New post.